The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, June 21, 1872, Image 2
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•poo the outside of oar wfadow m
ia tbe cold night* of mid-wfa|JL
faee with deft finite™ the hm£
breath of deeper within n JKMj .l
inner surface of the glass. Jr*
a canvass, be eketchee in iee fl 0 J^
and foliage, eaetlee aod tow**
“gorgons and chimeras dire*jr
dfenmy Moor ever wrought nma*
walls of his alhambra, in his lj/
of lore, figures more g-fat „
weird aod beaotifal
The injury wbfch this form of ft*
inflicts upon the vegetable wo»^T
doe to redaction of temperam,!!
Growing vegetation, like the eojZi
world, have a temperature mk^
that of the air in which they j iu *
and a certain range, peculiar ^
each, in which only life can he s^,
served. Depression below this wort,
injury or death to ooe or th
other. Owing to their rnduu,
power, even when the te^wrmom
above is fifty degrees, they
times sink, in sfcoations of
on calm and doodles* nights, to
thirty two degrees. Hi* chilli,
temperature, aggravated by the fe
position and contact of fast
upon the leaves and delicate repn*
dnoing organism of the plant, ca„
be endured by many of the cpi**1*
grasses and hardy growthsMom
fields and gardens. Others sf trop
cal origin, albeit domesticated with
ns for centuries, perish under the
blow. To many flowers fast con*.,
untimely in the opeoing spring; to
most it arts the limit of their fives of
beauty, utter their work has l**,
dour.
lil.uk trust is termed when the
sir is so t.imid that dew can be
deposited before the freeamg ten
thn word of God aside far a higher
* the love of money, office seek
end trusting fit man instead of
God, the centralisation of power,
the prophet prophesying falsely for
reward, (and the people love to have
it so), withholding the wages of the
hireling, oppressing the poor, the
widow and the orphan, patting is no
cent men and boys Into Jail, don
genus and penitentiaries, stealing
from even lunatics and pan pent their
public charities, and In some in
stances making toe house of God
a deu of thieves! Oaa this state of
things last f
“For by fire uni by his sword will
the Lord plead with all flesh.” Is.
lxvi: 1«. Head the seventh chapter
of Jeremiah, and see what the Lord
promised if they would “thorough
amend their ways and doings.” Bee
what be did to Bhiloh aod to 2km,
where his name dwelt. And shall
we go uu|mulshed f
Our political body is 1 sully din
earn'd. The disease is sin. If this
be true, the remedy is plain. We
must “thoroughly amend our way's
aud our doings,” as the great Physi
emu has prescribed.
Let the remedy begin at once with
every one who peruses these lines.
Let the inilusters call their congre
gattou* together, and ask God, in
the uiuue of his Bou, to deliver us
from this bondage—to give us rulers
of his own choosing—to dispose
tin* hearts of the people to trust
in Him; uud all will be well if we
aak it iu faith, for Christ said, “Ask,
and ye shall receive; seek, and ye
shall fiud; knock, and it shall be
opened uuto you.*'
To facilitate this matter, and to
secure harmonicas action and con
cert of pray er, we hope that an ad
dress to mil ekriatisuu may be drawn
up aud published ui the papers of
the different denomination*, asking
all who believe in the I xml Jeans
Christ, and in the power of prayer,
to |oiu in their jtetition* to Heaven,
that God will deliver us out of our
present jwliLeal troubles; that be
will give os rnlers of his choosing;
aod that his smiles msv again rest
upon oar land and oo all the church
ea. Let Christians thus pray, and
cease not till their petitions be grant
ed, and it will be well with ns. For
encouragement, see the parable of
the willow ami the unjust judge, and
also the case nt Ninerab.
Youns Korun.
them m> aid in making Hflflooke
what ought to be to ffifet the
wauffiof the chnreh at la ’ This
thing of single handed wort, of ad
fish divisions sod petty factions has
been one of the greatest drawbacks
to ear charsh la the South. As If
they had no interest In common,
each has felt at liberty to work for
his own special locality. Oar broth
my other similar cams
States will be affected
them for something that Is not doe
God and his chnrch, bat give them
the amount ami tell them it is their
doty to raise It, sod they will believe
It sod go to work.
I Judge only from the readiness of
those over whom the Lord has placed
me to contribute to Christ and his
church, and from reports that reach
me from other quarter*. I have
never made s request, (and I say it
not boastfully) to my people that
was not greeted, {the jtalinys except
ed). ft Is trap that none of my
people have become responsible to
the good Tressniwr of the Rndow-
Fund of Newberry (’ollcgt* by sign
ing the bond* issued by him; but it
Is simply because they dislike the
plan, and not becanse they are un
willing to give. Now, I know bat
little about their objections, Ac., but
this much I do know, had these
bonds been arranged somewhat dif
ferently it might have been better.
Suppose they would have been so
arranged as to allow the interest to
pay the principle f In fourteen year*
at seven per cent interest the bond
would be paid, which would ouly lie
arvro dollar* per annum for each
subscriber; and at the rxpiraliou of
that term the College would hare
fifty dollar* where It witl havs oue
by the present system. I presume
not to make any suggestion, but
only nay that I bdirre in fourteen
yearn ! could send to the College
one thonnand dollar* where I can
not inanre one. Tiij*, however, I
waive for older head*.
Rot, dear I Viet or. you may thiuk
me oflT the track. I clone by soy iug
f hare determined never to lit* wor
ried again. Mat.
iu the
by this decision
COLUM
Fenusy lvaalh **
week of thoprv*
ggjgjaal conventi.
130 miniate** mu
Friday, X
Tidings from Tsansssss.
Kev. Prof. A. J. Brown writes,
Juno 4th;
“On laat Saturday and Sabbath
I assisted Bro. J. K. Handier iu
the
DEDICATION
of a new church under the name of
the liutheran Chapel. It is situated
in this county—Sullivan Couuty. It
is commodious, very neat aud com
for table, an ornament to the neigh
borhood, and an honor to the con
gregation. As Bro. Haucber has
promised to give a full account, I
will say no more. My
SACRAMENTAL MEETING*
have closed for the spring. They
have been pleasant, solemn and sue
ces&ful. I have had a goodly num
ber of accessions to the church by
confirmation ; several from outsiders
—I mean from those nover under
Lutheran influences. 1 have been
recently greatly encouraged iu my
labors. A deep aod exteoaive work
has been iu progress for some time,
iu my two churches, particularly in
my
EMANUEL C’HLRUH.
By the by, this is regarded, and
justly so, as a model church—not
only amongst Lutheran*, but also by
sister churches. We have the largest
and best house of worship in the
ooauty, town churches not exerptod.
I have established a mission at
*!-.• BRISTOL,
and am meeting with encouragement.
I have the use of the Episcoiml
chnrch oqce a month, oo Sabbath
afternoon.
M I have just received a letter from
REV. PROP. BARB.
He is doing a good work, and is
much encouraged. Our church has
bought Moshehn Male and Female
Seminary, at Blue Spriug, in Greene
County, Tennessee. It is not yet
frilly determined whether we will
make simply a good academy of it,
or attempt to elevate it to the dignity
of a college. This will depend largely
on the shape ecclesiastical matters
take in the Booth."
>■ A, Columbia, 8. C.
J .M., Stnunthn, Va.
you would not wonder that we should
be worried. When we lift up our
eyes and behold the vast fields that
are ripe for the harvest, and sea
so few laborer* to loin ns; when we
can not observe one moment of time
to lose from oer Master's work j and
then think of our pecuniary ember
ransments, and the obligations which
Mist be met, or, be considered
among the dishonest, we must feel
worried. But wheu that udders* is
made by those who are ready and
willing to back ft by artiem, we
think, “Oh, the awortamw of that
Ho examiniu
nine young men
plicaats for
* _ > X An u ti
« i m aiya .aasa a
W fl'V^W j » re vSSv”
a all things, charity
profited by the foliates of the
fathom, sod may we not also f
Accepting the fact, that there Is
strength in nnity, they have cos
SPECIAL i OTICKS.
mtUiu-<-s mast be made i'oat
lA^ft'&S.SSVhsS
tlu) money iu I Keoistxwsd L*t-
All Postmast t* are obliged to
let letter* when vaulted,
pern are *ent, t< subscribers until
u>re»N order to discontinue is ra-
3, and all atre rage* are paid, aa
fed by law. j i lerely rwturnime a
*er of the pane] by mail, is not suf-
enterprises oo longer languish. When
they pass a resolution, all unite
to accomplish its end. Helflsbneas
about location and party toteresta
are abandoned, and all go to wmk
We have no patience with these
petty divisions, gotten up by tcould-
k leader*, forsooth because some
dish has been served up that does
not suit their fastidious tastes The
time ha* come when we should he
uuifeed in our enterprises If a
brother's view does not exactly cola
cide with another's, let charity be
exercised and the two work iu har
mouy, not to carry out the special
pet idea of either, becanse of sorb,
but for the higher end of promoting
the good of our fellow men In the
spread of the gospel. It seems to
me we ought to profit by (mat
blunder* from this source, many of
which have crowded the last few
year* of our existence, and might
easily be recalled. We don't see
why a brother In Month Carolina
might not aid Roanoke, or rite rrret,
if be thought proper; nor do we
know why any brother in New York
or Pennsylvania might not extend his
charities in this direction. If moved
by a holy seal for the welfare of
Zkm.
As to the other question, we cam
not think any one would entertain
the idea of competition for a mo
meat It would be nnworthy of
either, and sutyect them to tbs jnst
censure of every noble hearted
christ,iau iu the ohureh.
Il was our good fortune a few days
ago, while on a trip to Mouth Weal
Virginia, to spend a few days iu
Salem, ami of coarse we visited the
college. We found our cherished
friends, the professor*, fully afire
to the interests of the college, and
zealously advancing the welfare of
their pupil* by a most thoroogh
drill. They are determined that a
diploma from Roanoke shall mean
something. The standard is very
high, and none but the best students
need apply for graduation. The
Mtudents have caught the idea, and
the contest* for the magnificent
medals given in the several depart
meats add rare interest to the do*
log exercise*. The Senior class were
passing their final examination. This
year the class nn ruber* 10, who, we
learn, will reflect credit on the In-
stitution. The present session has
been a nnecess, and while the nnm
ber on catalogue is somewhat lens
than last year, owing to common
school system's drawing off some of
the local patronage, yet the number
of foreign pupil* is somewhat larger,
•bowing decided growth of the In
stitntiou. Now the session is draw
ing to a close, and the Board of
Trustees will soon convene in an
nual meeting, we are anxious to see
how they feel on subject of endow
ing college. We shall be disappoint
•f illy indicate w!
formed, but voluntarily goes to com
fort the troubled heart and revive
the drooping spirit.
It was during a Week of illness
that I realised lhe fact* as stated
above. When convalescent on the
the last day of the week. God in his
kindness permitted me to meet iu
my parlor the Joint council sf my
nharyr. After other matters per
taiuieg to the temporal welfare of
county and State
tecemaiy, in order
may be promptly
*
wry notices, and
l for publication,
y, and not in
proper atton-
m i ant UpL rges. —Heoetved
troii WadeavillcL Fa., by Express,
tlnfu dollars. The remittor had paid
tiftdpp costs, aod we had to pay
thirty five ccutot-i t all fifty cento
for expressing thro1 dollar*. A post
i>(tide order would 1 ave cost ten cento
—tip:: envelope, 1 ‘tter paper aud
your, aa thia ought to be done at
toss* tour month)- before the expira
tion of thr My nodical year.” This
suggestion uss taken up, and after
ten mmutes I was informed that my
■alary had bean raised one hundred
the ministry had
student abould ha'
Hebrew before e
uary, aud the «o»i
gcat that if the Sy
proper to make 1
Board of Trust**
berg College, it w
ceive careful coast
German LoTfE ues.—A firm of
infers and brokira in New York
as! sent us setei ill “Schemes of
fer|ton State Loweries,” and oue
- heme of the Royal Havana Lot-
*r$S» They are J “schemes,” sure
iiongii; ami gambling schemes of
for worst kind, at that. We have
tiolrii thousands of persons who
erb guilty of this i lode of gambling,
report am* laetoved with nifost grsti
tode, while the fountain in are (which
is not very deep) wss nltgfctiy sgi
toted ; 1 fdU its partial overflow, hat
noos save God saw it
Now, Mr. Editor, you mav thiuk
this is nothing for me to talk about,
that it is a private matter and nhould
belong only to us at home, but I
waat to show you and voar render*
body upon korm mB
a rather discount-!
condition of tb^l
church departnj«-i m
appropriated wa^< :
rv forward the wot
and who hoped to get rich, not by
liomtot exertions, n it by the blessing
of G$d, but by a turn of fortune's
wheel; yelt we cam ot call to mind a
singly individual vho was i>enna-
lientW beriefitted Ir f drawing even a
largwiirir^. Lotteiics are legalized
? Continued. |
Mr. fxiOer • In the 57th chapter
and 13th verse of Isaiah we read,
“He fast potteth hi* trust in Me
shall pwswrs* the hind, and shall
Inherit my hofv mountain”
“Ron to and fro through the
streets of .1 cross lew. and see now
and koow. and seek fu the broad
place* thereof; if ye can find a man,
If there be any that exernteth judg
ment, that seeketh the truth; ami I
will pardon H.” Jer. v: I.
The city was destroyed
the West espe< i I
nomination u*a^ i. I
her* of its mem' * f
grated to the West [
uo church acoomm |
cessible. and, as a
they were uniting I
illations.
The doctor «u
upfieah for aul " - :
the committee, an
of the country, lot I
churches and the 1
ters, and he earn*- t
the atteuLioii ol
that this inijKnU: I
not be negle< t < m
the many prop-i.- '
have U> l*c aba
church would be I
thereby^ and that I
a<v*>mpishe<l with |
I>r. Schuiauk sau' I
meat show ed a sad
home missions, a I
geueral waking up
aud that the chuiy
more advanced *tei
subject, and folk!
other denominate
the Booth. He ad\
of missionary effort
ed population pf
States.
Dr. S. K. Brob^t
explanation to dis;
iug notion, that he
the Englise langua;
bate was continued-I
The 1’kUadclpkia ini
Tin? debate wa>|
bi accordance wit I
rales, not in the -1
l>enenced in chri.-ti.1
Hr. Muhlenberg I
the statement uta-u
Wilkins that the stl
•nou language was 1
Allentown CoDecre. 1
that gcmleman hi
iitterropted by ml
^J®od, who asset tej
is the roling j
‘‘ottntry. The' npruj
tliat the wresidinvl
at did the € rand Gift Bn ter-
of Charlestoi, 9. C., aocom-
AVho drewt ic prizes? Where
e immigrants 1
•pnse
| dish
are tl
For the Lutherau Yi«itor.
Endowment—Roanok* College.
In the editorial of the Lutheran
Visitor of February the 9th, la the
following expression; “Virginians,
both of the Old Dominion and West
Virginia, mast not fail to respond to
Dr. D. H. Bittle's proposition, nor
mast Mouth Caroiinans, Georgians,
and also the dispersed sons of Month
Carolina ami Georgia neglect (’apt.
Hawkins’ appeal for aid for New
berry College.” We are naturally-
led to inquire what the editor means
by the expression
edify them on tire ftabbuth. They
do not believe iu tire minister'*
study being erected in the corn aod
cotton field, (you don't Name I hem),
bat tirey waat it where his cycu and
mi ad can scan tire Word of God and
bring out of it things now and old,
aod from their fields and flocks to
draw his temporal supplit-a. Tiny
have not forgotten the impressive
discourse to which Urey listened so
attentively on tire third Monday in
November last, from 1 Cor. ix; 7,
and God grant that it may long
linger in their memories as a faithful
prompter to actinu,* that wheu the
hand* which now uphold Lire Church
and mininter shall fall in death
across their breast*, they may still
be seeu ia their children ami in their
children’s children. -
These ideas lead >u> uiind to seek
for tire probable
Hofv to Assist the Richmond
^nn)».-^Our mis nonary acknowl-
edged latoly a do ration in money
Itom fho eongregat mi of Rev. 8. A.
Repack We expei ted to bear that
other j. cfenrcbes vr wiki follow the
fcsattfflle of the kirn
Not one
Joat man was found. Mo we might
gn on and adduce testimony; for
the Mrrlptnre* are replete with iQ
*truction* for a* to take warning
and walk In the strait am! narrow
path pointed oat to u*.
God is tire same now that be was
when he covenanted to be a God
and a shield to Abraham and to hit
seed forever. Ami He said to Mow*,
“Thia ia ay memorial onto all gen
orations.” When be renewed the
cox on ant to Isaac, bo aaid, “I am
the God of Abraham thy father."
Geo. xxvi: 34. Aa mach as to any,
1 will be yoor God and your ahield
a* 1 waa ha; aud you know that
I made it go well with him: for you
are now seventy years old, ami no
stranger to these thing*.
When be renewed the eovrnant
to Jacob, who waa one hundred and
twenty year* old, he said, “1 am the
laird God of Abraham thy father,
and thr God of laanr." a Gwn. xxviii:
IA Aad to Moses hr aaid, “Thn*
■halt thoa any unto the children of
Urael, Tin- lewd God of yonr fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, ami the God of J north, hath
■eat mo unto you; this ia my name
forever, aud this ia my memorial
unto all generation*. r Kx. ill; 15.
We have tire assurance that he will
be In u* what he wan to them, if
vr kcqi the new rovonanL He will
be our God ami our Shield, a* he
people of Balem
we have bten disappointed
onnr tc» o/ orno amnnir tlif
temperature for dew, the latter bj
removing the surrounding atmo*
phere before its moisture caa be
precipitated.
But though frost be tire ruthles*
destroyer of the xegetable world,
bringing disappointment to the hope*
of the husbandman, it has its com
pensatiooa. It destroys, or, at least,
keeps within limits, the increase sf
those insects which, during the
months of inactive growth of the
temperate zones, would destroy the
great cereals upon which the bread
of *o many millions depends. It
purifies the air from miasma, bring
iug, by its breath, health to a large
area of the low rich lands sf
the Mouth. When tire blessed seals
which dose the pestilence are broken,
aud tropica] fevers reap, unchecked,
a harvest of death in oar cities, how
anxiously it is longed for—bow bless
ing* attend its advent! X*
duet i<>n of dew. The same conditions
are required—a dear or comparative
ly doodles* sky, the absence of wind,
and a humid atmosphere. To these
add a low tem|>eratare of the air,
aud we have the dreaded frost. But
wlnlat thus united as to their origin
aud disposing circumstances, how
different their effects and how oppo
site the interest* with which they
are invested! Whilst blessings wait
apon the gentle ministering* of the
one, destruction stalk* in the foot
The flower* of
nightly
Does he mean
that the sphere of usefulness of
these Institution* should be confined
to these fonr States; that nobody
else should feel an interest in their
success! Or does he mean to ad
vise such a selfish policy as would
preclude the brethren in Virginia
and West Virginia, and those of
Georgia and South Carolina from
uniting in any general enterprise for
the extension of Christianity as held
by the Lutheran Chnreh in the
Month, and the edification of be
lievers in the Gospel of Christ T
Or worse than all, does he mean to
set these Institutions in hostile ar
ray or mercenary competition with
each other! No: we have more
charity' than to believe that the
editor, who is a friend of education
and a staunch Lutheran, meant any
snch thing, bat as many are ready
to draw inferences from mere ap
pearances without looking for cor
roborating facts, let ws look at these
questions as they present themselves.
Why then shonld Virginia and West
Virginia only lend a helping hand
iu the endowing of Roanoke College,
or South Carolina and Georgia of
Newberry (Walhalla) f Surely the
sphere of nsefnlness of Roanoke has
extended much farther. (We con
fine oorself to K. G. from want of
sufficient acquaintance with Walhal
la). The son* of no less than 15
or 20 State* have enjoyed tutorage
within her walls, and set listening
at the feet of her learned professor*.
To her tbe Lutheran Chnrch Booth
is indebted for many of her ablest
teachers, ministers, lawyers, doctors,
&c., while sister denominations have
drawn largely from tbe ranks of
her graduate*.
Now the Lntheraai Chnrch has
organizations in every one of the
Southern States. Is there any rea
son why these States should sit
with folded hands, and see Virgiuia
and West Virginia endow Roanoke
College T Have they no interest In
the chnrch and her institations oat-
side of their respective bounds 1
Certainly we coaid not think of
establishing a first class Institution
in each state, and more certainly
we want no more one horse ones.
Then would it not be better for
of the Iau
guishing rendition of the great body
of our church iu this State. Oue
moment’* reflex-Lou convinces ore
that it is not the fault of the laity,
however strongly it may be urged
by some. With ail due d.ftkfame
for. and without a ormxare on the
actions ami transm-thui* of my prr
docemor* in thr spiritual manage
meat of the cltuicb, I must say that
it U a fart dearly demonstrated
within the pant few years, that the
financial condition of oar chnreh
and college would have breo far
more iwosperuo* had the miniaten*
discharged their whole duty iu that
l*urticular. Tell me not tbe fault
is in the iico|4e. The same spirit
of liberality that permeated the
the Lutheran Church half a century
ago, is still visible in our midst. By
what was that wonderful spire reared
that nhall ever be a mark of delight
to the weary xoyager in nr arch of
a lmnir, as be approaches the “city
Ily whst was tbe
*te|is of the other,
the field and woodland,
dew fed,” gladden our eyes
“Until falls the float from tbe clear, cold
h«-i\r«-n. as falls the plague on men,
Ami the brightness of the smite I* gone
from upland glade and den T
In the fVriptnrca, as elsewhere,
the term frost is naed ss synonymous
with cold, a* when Job says: “By
the breath of God frost is given, and
the lureadth of water* 1* straitened.”
It is also applied to the freezing of
water hen«*ath the surface of the
earth by which the ground is locked
In It* winter sleep. We shall, how
ex-er. restrict it to the effects of frozen
dew, in which it present* so many
distinctive eh arse (eristics. Here we
meet with two well marked division*
—white or hosr, and black frost.
The former, the Jack Frost of onr
infancy, is dew frozen in the very
act of its deposition upon cold sur
faces, taking tbe form of crystal,
fashioned xvitli infinite *kill, ami
arrayed by this wonderfttl lapidary,
•we Uy owe, in dnsters of artistic
beauty. Sometimes the particles of
ice tnku the form of needles, and
follow the coarse* of the veins and
edge* of the leaves of plants—some
time* of perfectly formed crystals,
won* regular and highly polished
thsti the famed products of the dia
mond *ho|»s of medieval Amster
dam. How they glitter in the rays
of the rising sod, making .each
otyect, though in itself unsightly, a
thing of beauty for tbe time! Oft
oi»ev, owing to rapid formation and
the disturbing influence of winds,
the crystal* are but imperfectly
formed and massed, giving them
that lute which caused the Psalmist
to exclaim t “He ncsttereth the hoar
frost like ashes.*’
In other departments, too, of crea
tive beauty, this artist shines. Seated
meat, and sen*
Every eharcli
could ocmtrib
xi-ay. 'try it.
tie found such
ifrg good, that
fished usage
fall bodies for
<|ents. ft
Free Masonry in the General Con
fcrence,—A few days ago Rev, l)r.
Na»t presented a jietition against
Free Masonry to the Methodist Geu
eral Conference. It was committed
unread. An English delegation
then brought in a similar petition,
iu which various ooahpiafats Men*
made against the Free Masons, ami
Conference waa requested to expci
the mauy Methodist miuistew sad
laytnes that lielong to these. This
proposition was received with al
most general laughter.; Tbe Coofe f
once, however, referred this petition
also to the committee.
Picture of a “Burnt Districts—h
correspondent of the Kinhmfrsmi
(General Synod) give* the following
description ot his charge:
field of labor is spiritually h burnt
and wasted one. The fire of excite
ment has left behind nothiug but a
charred hypocrisy Tbe whole con
ere oration has not Lutheranism
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To Maura he said, “l appeared
unto Abraham, unto Isaac, aod unto
Jacob by tbe name of God Almighty,
but by aiy name, JEHOVAH, was I
By thin we
without
a dear friend
not kuowu to them
infer that he was going to avenge
them on their oppressor*, ami we
see that bn did it. And wheu God
bad chastised the Jews by the hand
of the Chaldcaj»«, be then destroyed
them with the iiesom of destruc
tion, foi their wiekedueas and*proud
look*.
God planted Israel iu tbe midst
of the nation*. We infer timt they
KlKHild have twen to those nations
what the auu ia to the solar system.
They should have given or reflected
the light to tbeiu, and given them
life. But the Jews let their light go
out, and they are mow }iolitically
dead. Such a time of trouble came
iqmn them a* had never been to any
people. But no nation baa the as
surance that a like, or even a sorer
punishment is not in Htorr for it.
Many of the signs which preceded
the destruction of the Jew* are to
lie seen now throughout the laud,
*ucb mm diMupturn* iu political bod-
lew, seducer*, spirit rapping*, setting
Ity the ara T”
magnificent Monday school room of
Mt. John’s erected, and other exam
plea that could be given ? It waa the
lilierality of the people who had been
trained by their faithful minister*
to the important duty of giving. It
is plain then that the fault ia with
the ministers. But why ahould tbe
fault be laid to them when they do
not hold the treasuries of the people!
They are in fault simply becanse
they are afraid to approach the peo
pie on the muI^m-I of money, lest
:ant Ckirch Decision.
in call the attention of our
o the late decision of the
ates So pi une Court We
ast one chi rch which ought
ily to taji > the necessary
xjure its Cl timifyo property
it years a* o. ;
ipreme Coirt at Washing-
ecided * tfa long-contested
a Presbyterian
' to the General
d the other to
Fhe decision of
of tbe General
;be only regular
body to which
Mle in the Pree-
srian % ha rch. Hi is is the first
in which the United States 8u-
Shnmcful.—Rev. J. T. Ilareonrt,
said to be an aged and friendless
Presbyterian minister, died recently
at Traiffville, Conn., as a State
paupet. .
A Formalist.—Rev. Mr. Dudley,
a young Methodist mininter of the
New York East Conference, has
joined the Baptist denomination.
-('■mbljr North,
t of the Month
Afcsembl,
highest c
and the Missionary v, etc.
Yea, I believe irmly that the |**o|4e
are ever ready to respond when the
rail ia mad** In th** pnqicr mail
ner: not bv th* manner of ad-